Hay-carrier.



W. LOUDEN.

HAY CARRIER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 18,1905.

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PATENTED SEPT. 19, 1905.

WILLIAM LOUDEN, OF FAIRFIELD, IOWA.

HAY-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1905.

Application filed May 18, 1905. Serial No. 261,072.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM LoUDEN,'a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairfield, in the county of J efierson and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Operating Hay-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the operation of hay-carriers in barns where the hay is to be elevated from two separate places under the track; and it consists of an arrangement of parts whereby the carrier may operate from two separate points on the track without any change of the pulleys or hoisting-rope, as will be hereinafter set forth, and more specifically defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective of a barn having a track, carrier, hoisting-rope,- and pulleys arranged to embody my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the track suspended in the peak of the barn, and B is a hay-carrier arranged to run thereon. The barnis arranged so that the hay may be taken up at either end and carried into the mow therefrom.

A door is cut in each end of the barn and the ends 0 and D of the track A are extended out and are held in place by extension-supports E and F. The carrier B is made so that the lower frame, which carries the sheave G, over which the hoisting-rope H passes, will swivel or turn end for end upon the upper frame, which carries the track-wheels I.

Near the center of the barn, or between the two points where the hay is to be elevated, a collar-beam J is secured to the under side, of the rafters K on one side of the barn adjacent to the track A. A screw-hook L is screwed into this collar-beam, and a pulley M, having a swivel-eye, is hung in this hook.

The hoisting rope after being passed through the fork pulley N and over the sheave G in the carrier is passed through the pulley M and also through other guiding-pill leys Oand P, suitably secured to the barn, and a swingletree Q, to which a horse may be hitched, is preferably connected to the end of the rope.

As shown in the drawings, the carrier is arranged to take the hay up at and deposit it in the right-hand end of the barn. A stop R is secured to the end C of the track A to hold the carrier stationary on that end of the track while the hay is being elevated and from which the lock mechanism of the carrier will be released to permit it to carry thehay into the mow in the usual way. A similar stop S is secured to the other end of the track D, and when it is desired to fill the other end of the .barn the carrier and fork ared rawn along the track to a point opposite the collar-beam J, (as in taking in a forkful of hay,) and then instead of being pulled back again by the tripcord T, attached to the fork, it is pulled past the collar-beam J to the stop S at the opposite end. The lower frame of the carrier is swiveled around, and it is then looked to the stop' S, so that the fork may descend for a load of hay at that end of the barn.

The pulley M being located between the stops R and S and at a sufficient distance from the track so the carrier will pass freely thereby, the carrier being swiveled will'work equally well in either direction without any change whatever in the pulleys or hoistingrope. All that is necessary is to runthe carrier along the track from one stop to the other, and being swiveled around and latched to the stop it will work from either stop to the pulley M. This arrangement can also be used to take the hay from two driveways in a barn as well as from eachendof the barn. In that case the pulley M will be located adjacent to the track between the driveways and a stop will be affixed to the'track above each driveway. It may also be used to take the hay up at one end of the barn and from a driveway in the barn by locating the pulley M adjacent to the track between the end of the barn and the driveway.

In a barn like that shown in Fig. 1 it is preferable to support the pulley O by a bracket U, secured to the outside of the barn. A hole is cut in the barn-siding and the hoisting-rope H is passed through this hole and then through the pulley O. This arrangement can be applied to a variety of barns whether round, hexagonal, or rectangular. The essential requirements are that a swivel or reversible carrier be used, that there be two points on the track where the hay is to be taken up, and that a guide-pulley for the hoisting-rope be located adjacent to the track between the elevating-points. Slings or any other suitable hay-holding device may be used instead of a fork.

What I claim is 1. The combination of an elevated track having two elevating-points, a swivel or reversible carrier adapted to run upon said track between said points, and aguide-pulley I a guide-pulley for the hoisting-rope of the for the hoisting-rope of the carrier located adcarrier located adjacent to the track between jacent to the track between the points of elethe stops.

vation.

6. An elevated track suspended to the raf- 2. The combination of an elevated track ters of a barn and having trip-stops at two having two elevating-points, a swivel or reversible carrier adapted to run upon said track between said points, and a guide-pulley for the hoisting-rope of the carrier located at one side of the track between the points of elevation.

3. The combination of a track suspended from the rafters of a barn and having two elevating-points, a swivel or reversible carrier adapted to run on said track between said points, a collar-beam secured to the rafters at one side of the track between said points of elevation, and a guide-pulley for the hoistingrope of the carrier secured to said collarbeam.

4. The combination of a track suspended from therafters of a barn and having two elevating-points, a swivel or reversible carrier adapted to run on said track between said points, a collar-beam secured to the under side of the rafters at one side of the track between said points of elevation, and a guidepullev for the hoisting-rope of the carrier secured to said collar-beam.

5. An elevated track having trip-stops at two separate points, a carrier adapted to run on the track and operate with said stops, and

separate points, a carrier adapted to run on the track and operate with either of said stops, a collar-beam secured to the rafters at one side of the track between the stops, and a guidepulley for the hoisting-rope of the carrier connected to the collar-bearn.

7. An elevated track suspended to the rafters of a barn and having trip-stops at two separate points, a carrier adapted to run on the track and operate with either of said stops, a collar-beam secured to the rafters at one side of the track between the stops. a guide-pulley for the hoisting-rope of the carrier connected to the collar-beam and other guidepulleys secured to the side of the barn.

8. A barn having a hay-door in each of its gable ends, a track suspended in the barn and extended out of each hay-door, trip-stops affixed to the extended ends of the track, a haycarrier adapted to run on the track and operate with the trip-stops, and a guide-pulley for the hoisting-rope of the carrier located adjacent to the track between the trip-stops.

WILLIAM LOUDEN.

YVitnesses:

A. (J. LOUDEN, G. H. BABoooK. 

